Russell



Jan. 22, 1957 T. R'USSELL 2,7?8,152

WIRE NEWSPAPER AND BOOKHOLDER Filed Jan. 15, 1954 INVEN TOR. THEODORE RUSSELL United States Patent 2,778,152 WIRE NEWSPAPER AND BOOKHOLDER Theodore Russell, Naugatuck, Conn. Application January 15, 1954, Serial No. 404,170 1 Claim. (CI. 45-57) reading the same.

One object of the holder of the above nature comprising a tripod, the rear which the invention may conveniently be embodied in practice.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the holder in open position, showing in dotted lines the location of a newspaper when in reading position.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a side view raised front bottom bar.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the holder with a newspaper resting therein.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denote corresponding one-piece tripod.

The holder is provided with ected y a pair of forwardly extending horizontal feet front legs 14, respectively, are joined by a vertical sheet metal clip plate 18 having inwardly-curled ends 19 and 20 embracing said junctions. The clip plate 18 not Patented Jan. 22, 1957 only serves to reinforce the holder 10, but may have any desired advertising or other indicia placed thereon (not shown).

The upper ends of the diverging upper rails 16 and 17 are joined by curved U-shaped sections 23, 24 to a pair of downwardly converging rear arms 21, 22, the arm 22 porting leg 25, extending upwardly curled hook 27.

One advantage of the present invention is that when (Fig. 3).

out departing from its spirit. In short the invention ineludes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

convergent rear arm portions joined respectively to said upper rail portions by inverted U-shaped portions, said rear arm portions being disposed References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 197,554 Johnson -Q Nov. 27, 1877 841,433 Perry Jan. 15, 1907 887,152 Timberlake May 12, 1908 918,045 Hartman Apr. 13, 1909 

